I have an adsl routter. Can i plug a cable from the telephone jack to my computer and connect to the internet?

[Tooulas]

I have an adsl routter. Can i plug a cable from the telephone jack to my computer and connect to the internet? Or i need a modem?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Your 'ADSL router' is an ADSL modem and a router in one unit. You don't need an extra modem, but you can't connect the phone line directly to your computer.

 

[USAFRet]

No.
Telephone wall jack -> ADSL modem/router -> PC.

 

[Suztera]

No. You need an ADSL modem/modem+router combo. The DSL cable is for connecting from your telephone jack/ splitter to your modem. The ethernet cable is for connecting from the modem to your pc.

 

[boosted1g]

Your adsl router is likely a modem/router combo. The modem portion converts the adsl format data from your ISP into Ethernet data. The route then perfoms all the traffic routing and logic to provide multiple computers/devices internet from the one connection.

As stated by others: you take the phone line and connect to the dsl in line on your adsl modem/router, you then connect an Ethernet lan cable from router to PC.

If your adsl router only has 1 Ethernet port then it is not a router, it is a modem only and you will need to get a separate router. It does not have to be an adsl router, you can get a typical router with 1 Ethernet in and 4 out. In many ways this is better because separate routers perform better then the combo boxes; plus by having separate devices you only have to replace that piece if it dies, where as if you have a combo device if one part of it fails you have to replace the whole thing.